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I got a question about a few things, first would be pricing.

Do you determine the price of the ebook by the amount of pages inside? I have already about 60 pages on my book that I am wanting to publish and it is a very niche subject (there is no other book like it on kindle when i searched), how would I go about pricing? Also I heard that amazon takes a very large chunk from the sales and it's very hard to get a good amount of money out of it, but that might be bad info.

Is there outsourcing for a half finished eBook to polish it, spell check, sentence structure and final eBook formatting such as right fonts, sizes, page numbering and so on? If so can someone recommend me one?

Great thread thanks for sharing
 
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HektorH said:
I got a question about a few things, first would be pricing.

Do you determine the price of the ebook by the amount of pages inside? I have already about 60 pages on my book that I am wanting to publish and it is a very niche subject (there is no other book like it on kindle when i searched), how would I go about pricing? Also I heard that amazon takes a very large chunk from the sales and it's very hard to get a good amount of money out of it, but that might be bad info.

Is there outsourcing for a half finished eBook to polish it, spell check, sentence structure and final eBook formatting such as right fonts, sizes, page numbering and so on? If so can someone recommend me one?

Great thread thanks for sharing
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Your pricing should be based on what your competition charges as that meets reader expectation and that will differ in each genre.

Of course Amazon takes a chunk but you can still be successful if you produce a good book. I have numerous books that net me more than $1000 each month. So 10 of them means you make $10,000 per month.

In terms of what you are asking of polishing a half finished ebook - that's editing. No one can recommend you a specific editor for your specific book, but there are many outsourcing sites where editors offer their service, so your best bet is talk directly to them.
 
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Ok, it's still only been a small side project I work on when I got the time but I am wanting to go through with it until its published.

I'll look in to it more, thanks for your insight mate
 
Okay, I have a few questions and I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me.
I currently have 10 or 11 books published, all in KU. I published them at the beginning of August 2014, well the first one.
I continued publishing more books under 2 pen names. One Non-fiction and one Children's books (educational).
I write in my native language because otherwise Amazon withholds 35% in US taxes.

My country's Amazon has about 10% of the readership/clientele of Amazon US. I made a little less than $300 so far, and I think it's horribly low. The sad thing is that these aren't such bad results for my country.

Should I try new niches? Should I give up? Should I write in English and hope for UK sales because these will be less taxed by Amazon?
I don't get how books that are shorter than mine sell better. I write high quality content, and overall my ratings are good.
 
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Lenna said:
Okay, I have a few questions and I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me.
I currently have 10 or 11 books published, all in KU. I published them at the beginning of August 2014, well the first one.
I continued publishing more books under 2 pen names. One Non-fiction and one Children's books (educational).
I write in my native language because otherwise Amazon withholds 35% in US taxes.

My country's Amazon has about 10% of the readership/clientele of Amazon US. I made a little less than $300 so far, and I think it's horribly low. The sad thing is that these aren't such bad results for my country.

Should I try new niches? Should I give up? Should I write in English and hope for UK sales because these will be less taxed by Amazon?
I don't get how books that are shorter than me sell better. I write high quality content, and overall my ratings are good.
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Write in English. 100% - 35% = 65%. What you're doing is 10% - 0% = 10%. Meanwhile, the US won't be your only country if you write in English.

EDIT: Also, if you're Canadian, you can use your SIN number as the tax number that they ask you for. In other words, you won't get taxed that 35%.
 
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Thank you very much for your answer. I wish I were Canadian, but that's not the case, so I'm stuck with these tax issues for now.
So you think I have potential with KDP? I mean I'm not sure, but if I had made 5 times $300 publishing in English, I'd be pretty happy.
Even if I only get 35% total after taxes, it's still better than playing with a super small Kindle market I guess.
 
Lenna said:
Thank you very much for your answer. I wish I were Canadian, but that's not the case, so I'm stuck with these tax issues for now.
So you think I have potential with KDP? I mean I'm not sure, but if I had made 5 times $300 publishing in English, I'd be pretty happy.
Even if I only get 35% total after taxes, it's still better than playing with a super small Kindle market I guess.
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Are you certain that your country doesn't have a copyright treaty with the US? If it does, then there's an equivalent process for you to follow.

In my opinion, if you already made $300 in non-English, then following the same practices in English you would have made roughly $3,600 from the US, UK, Canada and UK combined (excluding any tax withholding). You can still sell in other countries, too, it'll just be less likely. For example, my first sale ever was actually in France, despite being an English book.
 
theconscience said:
Not the best niche?

Harry Potter?
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I knew someone will come up with it, hehe
Well, check the overall ranking/numbers.
Also, check the pricing and the competition.

If you able to write the next "Harry Potter", you will make millions, and you know that.
But most of us can't :)
 
By the way, i have a few kids books that cost me thousands of $$ (expensive HQ illustrations).
I made a mistake with market research, as i through they cost 2.99$ per book. (this is what i saw from my country, but later, i found out that the cost for US and UK is only 0.99 for those books)
So, i think there is a big chance i am going to lose money here.
I will update how it's doing .
 
I am thinking do people still like he physical book as opposed to the Ebook?

So Createspace may be the answer to a few sales a month or none at all?
 
theconscience said:
I am thinking do people still like he physical book as opposed to the Ebook?

So Createspace may be the answer to a few sales a month or none at all?
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It's a separate revenue stream for a different market. People who buy physical books won't buy your eBooks simply because they don't buy eBooks in general. It also makes it possible for people to buy your books as gifts.

It's not that it's pointless, just that the costs involved become different. You have to price them much higher than your eBook in order to make sure you pay all vendors involved, not just Amazon's cut. Depending on the length and category of both the paperback and eBook, the price point may not be worth the effort.

HOWEVER, I do know some people who make paperbacks out of literally everything they write. For their category and book lengths, this allows for their eBooks to seem like a bargain to the shopper (it looks like the eBook is only 70% of the "real" price, so they buy the eBook). For these books, the physical copies don't sell, but the option to buy them resulted in a bump in eBook sales.
 
That's the same question like: "What's the best price?", "What's the best length?" and so on - It depends...

I have some paperpacks with no sales and my best paperback makes about $3k/month.

It depends... you have to analyse the market if your competitors of your niche are already making money with paperbacks. If you have the time: Make paperbacks of all your books for the marketing effect (look at the last post of Dayspring) because you have nothing to lose. Make your own experience because you have nothing to lose.
 
I am very disappointed as during setup for a book it said miminum pages 24 and I only have short story 9 page books or max 15
 
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